I have a question about the wet assembly on my vortech. On one side or quarter of the wet assembly there is a section that does not have grills/it is solid. Which direction should this face or does it matter?
UPDATE Time to be salty. NSW (Natural Sea Water) arrived . . .. . I got couple of 20 liters Bottles, to get water from Sea. 576 liters Natural sea Water is here. In the same time, I made 120 gallon tank water changes with 15gallon and put this 15 gallon in my new tank ...
55 gallon mixed reef, upgrading to a 180 gallon i picked up last friday at LFS. but need a little bit more rock to do what i wish. already have 60-70 pounds of live marshal island, tonga, and fiji live rock, but would like maybe 185lbs. should i buy dry rock and wait for benificial bacteria to grow or should i dump some money into good quality live rock?
Updated 07-13-2010 at 02:15 AM by melev
Well I finally took the plunge to get a T5 fixture. Ive been contemplating changing from my 3 400 watt MHs to a 8x80 Power module for about a year. I like the ability to change the bulbs and get a different color temp in the tank. Also my tank has been running hotter then I like lately. Marc doesn't like T5 lighting so he will be the big test next time he comes down. ...
I got both tanks plumbed together into my tiny sump and waited a couple days to make sure everything looks good. It does, so today I moved a lot of my coral over. I took out everything that wasn't on a huge rock. I still have an encrusing monti and a table acro in the 55, along with a small clam that has attached to his rock that I don't have room for. I also got out my RBTA and percs, but I'm hoping to borrow a fish trap for the rest. I can't believe how small my RBTA is when stressed out ...